Herbal tea

Artikel ini disediakan sebagai penjelasan tentang teh herba minuman 5 hari: 

Disebut "teh" kerana diuncangkan dan perlu direndam supaya meresap dlm air sebelum diminum sebagai tonik menguatkan diri dan penyembuhan. Tidak langsung terdapat daun teh (scientific: Camellia sinensis) dlm persediaan herba Tropical Herbs. 

Sumber: Wikipedia

An herbal tea, tisane, or ptisan is an herbal preparation made from anything other than the leaves of the tea bush (Camellia sinensis). Typically, herbal tea is simply the combination of boiling water and dried fruits, flowers or herbs.
Herbal teas can be made with fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds or roots, generally by pouring boiling water over the plant parts and letting them steep for a few minutes. Seeds and roots can also be boiled on a stove. The tisane is then strained, sweetened if so desired, and served. Many companies produce herbal tea bags for such infusions.

Teh herba, tisane, atau ptisan adalah persediaan herba yang diperbuat dari apa saja selain daun-daun teh (Camellia sinensis). Biasanya, teh herba hanyalah gabungan dari air yang sedang mendidih dan kering buah-buahan, bunga atau tumbuh-tumbuhan.
Teh herba boleh dilakukan dengan bunga segar atau kering, daun, biji atau akar, umumnya dengan menuangkan air mendidih selama bahagian tanaman dan membiarkan mereka meresap selama beberapa minit. Biji dan akar juga boleh direbus. Tisane tersebut kemudian ditapis, ditambah jika dikehendaki, dan dihidang. Banyak syarikat menghasilkan uncang teh herba untuk hidangan tersebut.

Varieties

Varieties of herbal teas are practically limitless, but include:

• Anise tea, made from either the seeds or the leaves.
• Asiatic pennywort leaf, in Southeast Asia
• Artichoke tea.
• Bee Balm
• Boldo, used in South America to calm upset stomachs.
• Cannabis tea, used in the preparation of Bhang.
• Caraway tea, made from the seeds is used as a remedy for colic, loss of appetite and digestive disorders.
• Catnip tea is used as a relaxant, sedative, and to calm.
• Che Dang, very bitter tea made from Ilex causue leaves.
• Chinese knotweed tea
• Chrysanthemum tea, made from dried flowers, is popular with Chinese Dim sum.
• Cinnamon
• Coffee tea leaves and coffee cherry tea are herbal teas made using the leaves and cherries of the coffea plant; in coffee the coffee beans (seeds) are instead used.
• Cerasse, a bitter Jamaican herb.

Dried chamomile blossoms with bits of dried apple and cinnamon, to be used for tea

• Citrus peel, including bergamot, lemon and orange peel.
• Dandelion coffee
• Dill tea, often consumed to ease upset stomach.
• Echinacea tea, often consumed to prevent or alleviate the cold or flu symptoms.
• Elderberry
• European Mistletoe (Viscum album), (steep in cold water for 2–6 hours)
• Essiac tea, a blended herbal tea.
• Fennel Traditional weightloss herb, good for the relief of vision problems.
• Gentian
• Chamomile tea is used as a sedative.
• Ginger root

• Ginseng, a popular tea in China and Korea.
• Goji, a popular and very simple to prepare tea.
• Hawthorn
• Hibiscus (often blended with rose hip), a popular tea alternative in the Middle East which is drunk hot or cold. Hibiscus tea is also consumed in Okinawa, where the natives associate Hibiscus tea with longevity. See also Roselle below.)
• Ho Yan Hor, a herbal tea recipe formulated by Malaysian Chinese
• Honeybush is related to rooibos and grows in a similar area of South Africa, but tastes slightly sweeter.
• Horehound
• Houttuynia
• Hydrangea tea, dried leaves of hydrangeas; considerable care must be taken because most species contain a toxin. The "safe" hydrangeas belong to the Hydrangea serrata Amacha ("sweet tea") Cultivar Group.^[1]
• Jiaogulan, (also known as xiancao or poor man's ginseng).
• Kapor tea, dried leaves of fireweed.
• Kava root, from the South Pacific, is popular for its effects in promoting talkativeness and relaxation.
• Ku Ding tea, a bitter tisane found in Chinese herbal medicine and used to thin blood and reduce blood pressure
• Kuzuyu, is a thick white Japanese tea made by adding arrowroot powder to hot water.
• Labrador tea, made from the shrub by the same name, found in the northern part of North America.
• Lapacho (also known as Taheebo) is the inner-lining of the bark (or cambium) of the Red or Purple Lapacho Tree which grows in the Brazilian jungles. It is boiled to make an infusion with many and varied health benefits.
• Lemon Balm
• Lemon grass
• Luo han guo
• Licorice root
• Lime blossom, dried flowers of lime tree (Tilia in Latin).
• Mate (or yerba mate) is a shrub grown mainly Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil from which a caffeinated, tea-like brew is prepared.
• Mate de coca (sometimes called "coca tea"), made from coca leaves. Authentic mate de coca contains very small amounts of cocaine and similar alkaloids. In some countries where coca is illegal, products marketed as "coca tea" are supposed to be decocainized, i.e., the pharmacologically active components have been removed.
• Mint, especially peppermint (also mixed with green tea to make mint tea)
• Mountain Tea, a very popular tea in the Balkans and other areas of the Mediterranean region. Made from a variety of the Sideritis syriaca plant which grows in warm climates above 3,000 feet. The tea (or more properly tisane) has a reputation as a cure-all, but is specifically used against colds. Records of its use date back 2,000 years.
• Neem leaf
• Nettle leaf
• Noni tea
• Oksusu cha (옥수수 차), traditional roasted corn tea found in Korea.
• Pennyroyal leaf, an abortifacient
• Pine tea, or tallstrunt, made from needles of pine trees is high in vitamins A and C
• Qishr, Yemeni drink with coffee husks and ginger.
• Red clover tea
• Red raspberry leaf
• Roasted barley tea, known in Japanese as mugicha and Korean as bori cha. The roasted flavor can be reminiscent of coffee (without coffee's bitterness and caffeine). It is often drunk cold in the summer.
• Roasted wheat is used in Postum, a coffee substitute.
• Rooibos (Red Bush) is a reddish plant used to make an infusion and grown in South Africa. In the US it is sometimes called red tea. It has many of the antioxidant benefits of green tea, but because it does not come from tea leaves, it has no caffeine.
• Rose hip (often blended with hibiscus)
• Roselle petals (species of Hibiscus; aka Bissap, Dah, etc.), consumed in the Sahel and elsewhere.
• Rosemary Memory herb.
• Sage
• Sakurayu is a Japanese herbal tea made with pickled cherry blossom petals.
• Salvia
• Sassafras roots were steeped to make tea and were used in the flavoring of root beer until being banned by the FDA.
• Scorched rice, known as hyeonmi cha in Korea
• Skullcap
• Serendib (tea), an anti-diabetic tea from Sri Lanka
• Sobacha
• Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) leaves used to make a tea by some native peoples of eastern North America
• Spruce tea, made from needles of spruce trees is high in vitamin C
• Staghorn sumac fruit can made into a lemonade.
• Stevia can be used to make herbal tea, or as a sweetener in other tisanes.
• St. John's Wort can be used as an herbal anti-depressant.
• Thyme Antiseptic, used in lysterine.
• Tulsi
• Uncaria tomentosa, commonly known as Cat's Claw
• Valerian Sedative.
• Verbena (Vervains)
• Vetiver
• Wax gourd in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
• Wong Lo Kat, a herbal tea recipe from Canton, China since Ching Dynasty
• Woodruff
• Yarrow
• Yerba Mate Popular in South America. Scientific name Ilex paraguariensis.